Events

August 6, 2023 (Sunday) 4:00 p.m. (in-person and virtual poetry reading)
Hudson Valley Writer’s Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY

April 19, 2023 (Wednesday) 7:00 p.m. (virtual poetry reading).
Sponsored by CT Council of Teachers of English.

March 31, 2023 (Friday) 7:00 p.m. (In-person and virtual poetry reading).
Part of the EDGE Reading Series.
Location: Fable, Southington, CT

March 2, 2023 (Thursday) 6:30 p.m. Writers in Conversation (in-person reading and conversation).
Location: Norwalk Public Library, Norwalk, CT

September 30, 2022 (Friday) 7:00 p.m. (In-person poetry reading).
Location: Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

August 28, 2022 (Sunday) 2:00 p.m., The State of Poetry in Connecticut (in-person panel discussion). Part of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, sponsored by the Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT

August 22, 2022 (Monday) 7:00 p.m., A Garden of Verse (in-person poetry reading)
Location: Keeler Tavern Gardens, Ridgefield, CT

June 18, 2022 (Saturday) 1:00 p.m., Rose Garden Reading (in-person poetry reading) sponsored by the Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens.
Location: St. John’s Church, West Hartford, CT

June 9, 2022 (Thursday) 7:00 p.m., The Art of Submitting/Reach for the Stars, a poetry workshop for writers of all levels. Sponsored by the Bloomfield Public Library, Bloomfield, CT (Via Zoom. Prior registration required.)

May 19, 2022 (Thursday) 7:00 p.m., The Soul of the Poem: Using Voltas, or Turns, to Bring Life to Your Poems, a poetry Workshop for writers of all levels. Sponsored by the Bloomfield Public Library, Bloomfield, CT (Via Zoom. Prior registration required.)

March 24, 2022 (Thursday) 8:00 p.m. (In-person AWP offsite poetry reading)
Sponsored by The Night Heron Barks and Ran Off With the Star Bassoon.
Location: Head and Heart bookstore, Philadelphia, PA

October 23, 2021 (Saturday) 11:00 a.m. (Bilingual poetry reading)
Honoring Latina Poets: The PARK ST Library@ The Lyric with Margaret Gibson CT Poet Laureate Present poetry readings In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Via Zoom. Prior registration required. Click here to register.)

October 21, 2021 (Thursday) 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading celebrating Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Climate Crisis)
Wintonbury Poetry Reading Series, Bloomfield CT (Via Zoom–Prior registration required. Click here to register.)

June 20, 2021 (Sunday) 5:00 p.m. (In-person poetry reading celebrating Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Climate Crisis)
Location: Arts Café Mystic, Mystic, CT

April 13, 2021 (Tuesday) 7:00 p.m. EDT (Poetry reading celebrating Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Climate Crisis)
Riverwood Poetry Series, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (Via Zoom)

April 11, 2021 (Sunday) 2:00 p.m.
Writing for the Land: A poetry writing workshop for writers of all levels.
E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, Madison, CT (Via Zoom)

October 4, 2020 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m. EDT (Poetry reading with a musical interlude)
Outside Voices
Location: Sharshon Park Pavilion (Windsor CT). Sharshon Park is located on Skitchewaug Street directly behind the 330 Windsor Avenue Community Center.
Please observe proper COVID-19 mask and social distancing protocols.

September 27, 2020 (Sunday) 4:00 p.m. EDT (Poetry reading)
Via Zoom. To register and get the link for the reading, call 860-767-1252 or email staff@ivorytonlibrary.org.
Sponsored by the Ivoryton Public Library, Ivoryton, CT
https://ivorytonlibrary.org/events/

May 15, 2020 (Friday), 7:30 p.m. (Poetry reading)
EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
My Word!
Location: The Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Rd, Pomfret, CT 06259

May 4, 2020 (Monday), 6:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Pablo Neruda. (You’ll have the opportunity, if you so choose, to translate one of Neruda’s poems!) Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Southington Public Library, 255 Main Street, Southington, CT

March 28, 2020 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Gabriela Mistral (the first Latin American writer to win a Nobel Prize). Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St., Hartford, CT – Classroom 139, first floor.

March 5, 2020 (Thursday), 6:00 p.m. sharp (Poetry reading)
One Poem Festival sponsored by CantoMundo, Macondo, and Letras Latinas
Location: AWP San Antonio offsite event–San Antonio Public Library, Latino Collection & Resource Center, 600 Soledad St., San Antonio, TX 78205

November 12, 2019 (Tuesday), 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Location: Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

October 16, 2019 (Wednesday), 6:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Pablo Neruda. (You’ll have the opportunity, if you so choose, to translate one of Neruda’s poems!) Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Wallingford Public Library, 200 N Main St, Wallingford, CT

October 5, 2019 (Saturday), 11:00 a.m. (Poetry reading)
Connecticut Literary Festival
Location: Real Art Ways Cinema, 56 Arbor St, Hartford, CT

September 24, 2019 (Tuesday) 5:30 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Confluencia
Location: Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury Campus.
750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT

September 9, 2019 (Monday) 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Roar Reading Series.
Location: UConn B&N in Downtown Storrs.
1 Royce Circle, Storrs Mansfield, CT

June 28, 2019 (Friday), 6:30 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Chapter and Verse.
Location: Koffee? 103 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT

June 8, 2019 (Saturday), 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
Poets on Poetry. Poet Christine Beck and I will be moderating a bilingual discussion on the work of Pablo Neruda. Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: New Haven Public Library, New Haven, CT

April 27, 2019 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Louise Glück. Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St., Hartford, CT – Classroom 139, first floor.

April 10, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Louise Glück. Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Southington Public Library, 255 Main Street, Southington, CT

December 2, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Poetry Rocks! Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT – Lower Level Eureka Gallery

June 6, 2018, 6:30 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Calling All Poets (and poetry lovers). Silas Bronson Library, 267 Grand St., Waterbury, CT

June 2, 2018, 2:00 p.m.  (Poetry reading)
Celebrate Bloomfield. Prosser Library, 1 Tunxis Ave., Bloomfield, CT

April 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Rogue Recitations: National Poetry Month Celebration. Barnes and Noble, 18 Front St., Hartford, CT

January 18, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Wintonbury Poetry Reading Series, McMahon Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield, CT

September 30, 2022 (Friday) 7:00 p.m. In-person poetry reading.
Location: Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT

August 28, 2022 (Sunday) 2:00 p.m., The State of Poetry in Connecticut (in-person panel discussion). Part of the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival, sponsored by the Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT

August 22, 2022 (Monday) 7:00 p.m., A Garden of Verse (in-person poetry reading)
Location: Keeler Tavern Gardens, Ridgefield, CT

June 18, 2022 (Saturday) 1:00 p.m., Rose Garden Reading (in-person poetry reading) sponsored by the Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens.
Location: St. John’s Church, West Hartford, CT

June 9, 2022 (Thursday) 7:00 p.m., The Art of Submitting/Reach for the Stars, a poetry workshop for writers of all levels. Sponsored by the Bloomfield Public Library, Bloomfield, CT (Via Zoom. Prior registration required.)

May 19, 2022 (Thursday) 7:00 p.m., The Soul of the Poem: Using Voltas, or Turns, to Bring Life to Your Poems, a poetry Workshop for writers of all levels. Sponsored by the Bloomfield Public Library, Bloomfield, CT (Via Zoom. Prior registration required.)

March 24, 2022 (Thursday) 8:00 p.m. (In-person AWP offsite poetry reading)
Sponsored by The Night Heron Barks and Ran Off With the Star Bassoon.
Location: Head and Heart bookstore, Philadelphia, PA

October 23, 2021 (Saturday) 11:00 a.m. (Bilingual poetry reading)
Honoring Latina Poets: The PARK ST Library@ The Lyric with Margaret Gibson CT Poet Laureate Present poetry readings In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Via Zoom. Prior registration required. Click here to register.)

October 21, 2021 (Thursday) 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading celebrating Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Climate Crisis)
Wintonbury Poetry Reading Series, Bloomfield CT (Via Zoom–Prior registration required. Click here to register.)

June 20, 2021 (Sunday) 5:00 p.m. (In-person poetry reading celebrating Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Climate Crisis)
Location: Arts Café Mystic, Mystic, CT

April 13, 2021 (Tuesday) 7:00 p.m. EDT (Poetry reading celebrating Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Climate Crisis)
Riverwood Poetry Series, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (Via Zoom)

April 11, 2021 (Sunday) 2:00 p.m.
Writing for the Land: A poetry writing workshop for writers of all levels.
E.C. Scranton Memorial Library, Madison, CT (Via Zoom)

October 4, 2020 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m. EDT (Poetry reading with a musical interlude)
Outside Voices
Location: Sharshon Park Pavilion (Windsor CT). Sharshon Park is located on Skitchewaug Street directly behind the 330 Windsor Avenue Community Center.
Please observe proper COVID-19 mask and social distancing protocols.

September 27, 2020 (Sunday) 4:00 p.m. EDT (Poetry reading)
Via Zoom. To register and get the link for the reading, call 860-767-1252 or email staff@ivorytonlibrary.org.
Sponsored by the Ivoryton Public Library, Ivoryton, CT
https://ivorytonlibrary.org/events/

May 15, 2020 (Friday), 7:30 p.m. (Poetry reading)
EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
My Word!
Location: The Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Rd, Pomfret, CT 06259

May 4, 2020 (Monday), 6:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Pablo Neruda. (You’ll have the opportunity, if you so choose, to translate one of Neruda’s poems!) Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Southington Public Library, 255 Main Street, Southington, CT

March 28, 2020 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
EVENT TO BE RESCHEDULED DUE TO COVID-19 CONCERNS
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Gabriela Mistral (the first Latin American writer to win a Nobel Prize). Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St., Hartford, CT – Classroom 139, first floor.

March 5, 2020 (Thursday), 6:00 p.m. sharp (Poetry reading)
One Poem Festival sponsored by CantoMundo, Macondo, and Letras Latinas
Location: AWP San Antonio offsite event–San Antonio Public Library, Latino Collection & Resource Center, 600 Soledad St., San Antonio, TX 78205

November 12, 2019 (Tuesday), 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Location: Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

October 16, 2019 (Wednesday), 6:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Pablo Neruda. (You’ll have the opportunity, if you so choose, to translate one of Neruda’s poems!) Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Wallingford Public Library, 200 N Main St, Wallingford, CT

October 5, 2019 (Saturday), 11:00 a.m. (Poetry reading)
Connecticut Literary Festival
Location: Real Art Ways Cinema, 56 Arbor St, Hartford, CT

September 24, 2019 (Tuesday) 5:30 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Confluencia
Location: Naugatuck Valley Community College, Waterbury Campus.
750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, CT

September 9, 2019 (Monday) 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Roar Reading Series.
Location: UConn B&N in Downtown Storrs.
1 Royce Circle, Storrs Mansfield, CT

June 28, 2019 (Friday), 6:30 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Chapter and Verse.
Location: Koffee? 103 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT

June 8, 2019 (Saturday), 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
Poets on Poetry. Poet Christine Beck and I will be moderating a bilingual discussion on the work of Pablo Neruda. Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: New Haven Public Library, New Haven, CT

April 27, 2019 (Saturday), 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Louise Glück. Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Hartford Public Library, 500 Main St., Hartford, CT – Classroom 139, first floor.

April 10, 2019, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Poetry discussion)
Poets on Poetry. I’ll be moderating a discussion on the work of Louise Glück. Event sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society.
Location: Southington Public Library, 255 Main Street, Southington, CT

December 2, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Poetry Rocks! Arts Center East, 709 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon, CT – Lower Level Eureka Gallery

June 6, 2018, 6:30 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Calling All Poets (and poetry lovers). Silas Bronson Library, 267 Grand St., Waterbury, CT

June 2, 2018, 2:00 p.m.  (Poetry reading)
Celebrate Bloomfield. Prosser Library, 1 Tunxis Ave., Bloomfield, CT

April 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Rogue Recitations: National Poetry Month Celebration. Barnes and Noble, 18 Front St., Hartford, CT

January 18, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (Poetry reading)
Wintonbury Poetry Reading Series, McMahon Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave., Bloomfield, CT